Rough Hewn
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Safe and legal. It's the only way. [emoji106]
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Why?
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Climber needed full time (Manchester)
Rough Hewn replied to Bridgewater Tree Services's topic in Employment
A decent firm paying a decent wage. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106] -
Great start mate [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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Did you see the advert for a milling job in Exeter? [emoji106]
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When I ask for £150 a day grounding most employers laugh. Tell me they can get groundies for £50-£80 a day. It's a bit of an arsehole filter now. But I have found firms up and down the country who do serious work and pay properly. Just takes a while to find them. [emoji106]
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What happened with the trailer? What did it cost? I'm emailing Logosol thus afternoon for a mate who wants a trailered Logosol 1001.
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£30 an hour will only cover your overheads. I charge a flat day rate. It's all the dicking about before and after which burns your profit. 8 hours of chainsaw milling, plus lunch, driving, sharpening, setting, etc is often 12-15 hours. Yes charge extra per band hitting inclusions. What have you got? Did you get the woodlands?
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Where did you learn to do this? Very interesting. [emoji106]
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I would really really like to do tree blasting. Does anyone do it in the uk? [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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Done woodland thinning of pioneer trees before, Taking out the 50'+ poplar willow and birch so the now established hardwoods get more light. [emoji106]
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Still sub in staff for bigger jobs. Not every job needs a diva/climber [emoji12] It's help lifting and moving big logs every day. My back is starting to suffer. Yes tractors are very cool!!!! Especially old rusty David browns, Ooooh you haters [emoji13][emoji6]
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I really don't believe those figures. I know plenty of trades men, most on £200+ a day. Most 25 year olds with skills on construction sites are earning that too. Our conditions are bad Our wages are shit Oh look we can't find staff. [emoji849]
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What's the nptc cs for tree blasting? [emoji12][emoji106]
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I don't weigh my transit when loaded as I don't have a weigh bridge. I may have driven slightly overloaded with logs occasionally. Last week someone pulled out right in front of me. I was in a vw golf. I nearly went through the front dash, but stopped a few inches away from this other car. Had I been in my transit, with 2 ton on the back, I wouldn't have been able to stop in time. I'm looking at a tractor now to move heavy stuff and stay safe and legal. [emoji106]
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In my advert I stated groundies £100-£150 per day minimum Climbers £150 - £200 per day minimum. I'll practice what I preach. Still no takers. I'll be buying a tractor soon. [emoji106]
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Trying to post a vid...
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I'm heading down the machine route next year. Either that or it's like J says... A cabin deep in the woods. [emoji106]
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I put an advert up on here a while back offering "top rates" for climbers and groundies. Not a single enquiry. But when you compare arb top rates with construction, arb is crap rates with harsh conditions and long hours, not to mention the dangers of chainsaws,trees etc. Hired a labourer a few weeks back, he's on £100 a day. 20 years old, zero tickets and zero experience. And I know plenty of climbers on £100 a day. Groundies often on much less. So yes, the world has changed. Arb wages have lagged behind, it's a harsh dangerous job, and you'd be on double the money if you are a plumber/sparky/chippy etc etc. Until the arb sector gets its collective sh** together and organises a central body with gov funding. A regulatory organisation with legal powers. Proper industry lead training and education, not 8 weeks and voila. De-regulation of arb vehicles to hort registered. That would stop overloading etc. There's so much which could be done with the correct gov assistance.
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Where is it?
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I'd change the spark plug first.[emoji106]
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I've used a "big shot" for playing golf, and I'd highly recommend it. [emoji106]
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The realities of hand cutting
Rough Hewn replied to webby1289's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Yeah, but for some strange reason, I absolutely love it. [emoji6][emoji106] -
The realities of hand cutting
Rough Hewn replied to webby1289's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
This is a 45 degree muddy slope. Dragging brash and logs down is easy. It's the slog back up. It's killing me. [emoji51]
